ban-sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
A two-player board game played with dice and pieces, historically popular in Japan. Often contrasted with 絵双六 (e-sugoroku), a picture-based race game.
Ban-sugoroku is a traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon.
Nobles in the past often played ban-sugoroku.
すごろく is a broader term that can refer to both 盤双六 (ban-sugoroku, the backgammon-like game) and 絵双六 (e-sugoroku, a picture-based race game). 盤双六 specifies the board game variant.
Modern backgammon. 盤双六 is the traditional Japanese predecessor with similar rules but distinct cultural context.
Standard kanji spelling for the board game.
Mixed kanji-kana spelling, sometimes used for readability.
Rarely used kanji form with 雙 instead of 双.
盤 (ban, 'board') + 双六 (sugoroku). 双六 originally referred to a dice game introduced from China, later developing into the board game form.